Sash holding and locking device



A. RANCOUR.

sAsH HowlNG AND LOCKING DEVICE.

Pamnted 0st. ML, w22.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. l5, 1921.

To all 'wlw/mit maz/.conectan j j Be it known that l, ALPHONSE ld-ANoomn a citizen of the United States of America, ,residing at Fife Lake,` in the oountypof letterina oei. ai, ira.

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application,fneaoptober 15, raaf.; semi No. 507,945..u

p This invention relates to 1a simple "device `applirable to a Window casing and adapted `to serve as a lock for the window sash vin closed position and a holder therefor `1n j dilif'erent elevated openpositions.

The .object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter of extrernesiinplicity land economy of manufacture andfacility of applifgration and use. j

`Figure l Aof the acconnpanying` drawings representsan inside elevation of fragments `of a window ycasinr land sashes showing this sash lock` and holder ,locking .the lower sash `in. closed position.

liig. Zrepresents a `vertical sectionon line Q Qo't Fig. l. j y

l? 8 represents a1 vertical section adjacent to the edfre of the lower window sash taken throughI the vholt holes thereof, and

shoe/'ing` the: sashxh older `and lock in neutral position in fulllines, in locking position in dash lines .and vin holding position in dot-ted lines.

Fig. fl represents a similar vertical section showiinrthe lon'erlsash in Wide open position andthe lock-holder engagingthe .bottoni thereof. j j j Fig. rejiresentsa perspective vien7 of .i mfnbined sash holder and sash loclr.`

The saine reference numbers indicate corresponding parts in the different figures.

The drawings illustrate this improved combined sash lock and sash holder l0 applied to a Window casing in position to lock the lower sash er to hold said sash in open position at different heights.

j This duplex device comprises in its pre j ferred embodiment a body l0 composed of a single piece of plate metal adapted to he j lookin e;

`positionin which the sash permitted to slide up and down Without interference.

The body or plate l0 is provided With a central pivot holell adapting it to swing on ajpivot studon the Window casinginside j of the sash. The upper portion of this plate has an upward straight inner `face 'l2 extendi ing; above said .pivot hole and adapted to lie flat against the `sash in one position of the pl l; and the lower portion has a downward straight inner face '13 extending below said pivot hole and adapted to lie flat against the sash in `another position of said plate,

these inner faces being dis-posed at an ob` this obtuse angled body is provided with a lockingjlug lt disposed at right angles to the upward straight inner face l2 and adapted to engage the lower Sash for locking it in closed position.` vThe lower end of this obtuse angled bodyis provided With a holding stud l5 projecting from `the lower end of said downward inner face at right angles thereto and adapted to engage any one of a series of socket holes 31 disposed at different heights on the sash. The lug 14 and stud 15 project from said inner faces of the plate in the same general direction therefrom. The

straight inner faces l2 and i3 lying flat,

against the sash in the respective locking and holding `positions of the plate assist in holding the'plate in fixed position in its `adjustments.` These holes areprovided Withjmetal eyes which may he in the forni of a metal plateQ havingslots regis tering with said holes.

The plate l0 is secured tothe Window oas ing hyymeans of avpivot studora pivot screw 19 `which is passed through the hole 1l of said plate and takes intothe Window casing adjacent to the Window sash. The plate is adapted to swing on said pivot stud. The pivot stud is preferably so located on the Window casing in relation to the Window sash and the swinging lock holder that the locking lug` lll will shut over and engage the top of the Window sash in closed position thereof.

The following is a statement of the Inanner of using' this device: W'hen` the lower sash is `closed the upper portion of the body `l0 is swung towards the sash and the looking lug); 14 thereof engages the sash so as to lock it in dovvn position, preferably by shutting tuse "angle to each other. The upper end of L. tion.

'cated on the window easing where it is hidover thetop of the sash and the straight edge 12 thereof lies fiatagainst the face of the sash and tends to maintain the locking posi- This combined lock and holder is lomately on a line with the apex 18 of the plate, permitting a free upward movement `ofthe sash. When the sash is lifted to the desired height?, the lower portion of the body 10 is swung towards the sash and the holdingv stud 15 engages one of the holes 31 and `holds the sash in elevated open position.

When it is desired to liftthe window wide open, the locking stud 15 is swung under and made to engage the lower rail of the sash as shown in F ig. t.` i

:This device may be stamped or drop forged complete from sheet steel, iron or other suitable metal and thus it may be produced very eeonomically.

, I lclaim as my invention:

lprin article of manufacture adapted to serve as a combined sash loci; and sash holder and consisting oft a plate having a centr-al pivot hole adapting it to swing` on a pivot stud on the window casing inside the sash, said plate having an upward straight inner tace extending above said pivot hole and adapted to lie flat against the sashv in one position of said plate and a downward straight inner ,tace disposed at an obtuse angle to said upward inner tace, extending` below said pivot hole and adapted to lie flat against the sash in ann -other position of said plate, a locking lug projecting from the vupper end of said plate at rightangles to said upward inner face and adapted to engage the lower s-ash for lockingit in closed position and a holding stud projecting from the lower end of said plate at right angles to said downward inner face and adapted to engage one of a series of socket holes in the sash, said stud and lug projecting from said inner itaees ol the plate in the same general direction therefrom.

2. A combined sash lock and sash holder comprising a plate adapted to be pivoted to a window casing inside the sash and including upper and lower members disposed at an obtuse angle and having straight inner faces, the upper member being provided z; f

with a locking luv projecting from its inner face at right angles thereto and adapted to shut over the top ot the window sash in closed position thereof, and the lower inem ber being provided at its lower end with aholding stud projecting 'from its inner tace in the saine general direction as the locking lug and adapted to engage soekes in the window sash for holding the latter in elevated position, and a means for pivoting said plate on the window casing to swing thereon into position to bring the locking lug into engagement with vthe window sash for locking the sash shut and into position to bring the holding stud into engagement with a socket in the sash for holding the sash open, and into neutral position for permitting the sash to move up or down without engagement of either lug or stud.

3. In a sash fastener and holder the co1nbination of a window casing, a sliding window sash provided with -a series of socket holes on its inner face near one edge, and a combined sash lock and sash holder consisting of an obtuse angled plate pivoted to said window casing adjacent to said sash and provided at its opposite ends with lugs projecting in the same direction towards said casing, said plate being adapted to swing into position to bring the upper lug into engagement with said sash 'for locking it in closed position, and to swing into pon sition to retract said upper lug and bring the lower lng into engagement with one ol' said sockets tor holding the sash in open position at different heights` and into nenH tral position for permittingthe sash to more up or down without engagcn'ient of either lug.

ALPHONSE RACUUR.

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